Bali Golf and Golfing Tours

Bali’s relatively low costs have helped it grow steadily as one of the region’s golfing capitals. Stunning green landscapes and perfect weather (outside of the wet season) make Bali ideal for golfing and the main courses and clubs are the Bali Golf & Country Club, Nirvana Bali Gold, Bali Handara, Grand Bali Beach and Lombok Kosaido.

The Bali Golf & Country Club is probably Bali’s most luxurious and exclusive golfing course and club. It is located in the upscale town of Nusa Dua and its 18-hole course was designed by Rodney Wright and Robin Nelson. It has been regularly voted one of the five best golf courses in Asia. The course cascades over hilly terrain and most holes offer sweeping views of the sea and the district. Coconut palms and sapphire blue lakes complete the atmosphere.

The Bali Golf & Country Club club house is famed for its restaurant that overlooks the ocean and there is a great bar and cafe located at the midway point of the course. Luxury villas are available on a time-stay basis and the club has its own health and wellness spa and several swimming pools and massage centres.

The Nirwana Bali Golf Club boasts a course designed by Australian golfing legend Greg Norman and has been welcoming players from all over the world since it opened in 1997. It is repeatedly voted the best golf course in Indonesia and is located within the vast grounds of the Le Meridien Resort on the southwest coast of Bali. Rice paddies are part of the rough and there are at least three cliff-top holes that offer serious play hazards but incredible views.

The traditional Balinese themed clubhouse and halfway house offer the upscale facilities and cnveniences that are a standard part of the Le Meridien chain. Stay and Play packages come at a premium pice but have every trimming and luxury imaginable.

The Bali Handara Kosaido Country Club is a very well established Bali golf course, having attracted players and great reviews since the early 1980s. The entire course is located almost 4000 feet above sea level and is designed by Michael Wolveridge and Peter Thompson around a volcano crater. Many travel here just to see the scenery, even if they have no interest in golf.

The Grand Bali Beach golf club and course is a 9-hole play with a par 36. Unlike many of the grander courses in Bali, the courses here are flat and the landscaping and foliage is relatively natural and un-sculpted. The club house here is very standard and no golf carts operate here.

On Lombok, the Kosaido Country Club was designed by Michael Wolveridge and Peter Tompson and is a par 72 course with the first 9 holes facing the Indian Ocean. The course’s signature hole 4 curves around the tranquility of Sire Bay. Stay and Play packages are easy to book and the suites and villas here spill down the mountain side.